10/31/09

Sotatila._.Eepee(2008)

1. Sotatila tappaa
2. Rajotusvitutus
3. Kontrolli
4. Kuolema 5. Työ
6. Rauha & turva
7. Valta
8. Se on sota (s.o.s.)




Genre: hardcore, punk
Year: 2008
Country: Finland-AustriaEnlace

"This is the first non-comp-track release by this band that boasts members from both Austria and Finland. SOTATILA had some of the standouts on the Propaganda Is Hippies compilation LP, and the songs on this EP are every bit as intense. The music has a distinct mid-'80s Finnish hardcore sound that makes its cues from the classics, mostly notably MELLAKKA. Sung in the Finnish tongue, the urgent vocals push this over the top with the right amount of distortion and tactfully placed echo. This one pummels. (SE)"
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Area - Area (2008)

01. Viento
02. Salta muros
03. Monotone
04. Agua
05. Tod@s contra Tod@s
06. ST
07. Detrás de la verdad
08. Vía augusta
09. Ciclos de paz
10.


Country: Spain
Genre: Posthardcore, Indie-Rock.
Label: Dias de Juventud.

¡Por fin! el debut largo de estos chicos de A Guarda (Pontevedra) arrollando con su intenso y emocionante Indie Rock con raíces del mejor Hardcore de los 90. 10 temazos llenos de melodía, furia y energía.

PostHardcore en la mejor onda de CHRISTIE FRONT DRIVE adulterados con una enérgica dosis de FUGAZI y la arritmia de AINA.

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10/30/09

Painbox - Bleed (1996)


01. Introspective
02. Suffering
03. Such a luck
04. Next life
05. Autoestima cero
06. What books talk about
07. Bleed


Country: Spain
Genre: Posthardcore, Alternative.
Label: Bcore.

After the split up of legendary hardcore band 24 ideas, Jordi Llansamà (also owner of BCore disc) joined with Xavi Navarro (producer and current member of The Unfinished Sympathy) to create this band, mainly influenced by Ampthetamine Reptile catalog bands such as Guzzard, Today is the day or Chokebore and others like Quicksand or Helmet. -Bcore-

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10/29/09

The Eyes - Insignis (2009)

1. Crucified Lie
2. Grey Light
3. Try To Resist
4. Soul’s Whisper
5. Above The Real Pain
6. Saint Death
7. Leaded To Trust
8. The Sight Of Weakness
9. The Childs Of Lilith
10. Endless Night


Country: Spain
Genre: Metalcore.
Label: 13 Grabaciones, Kaiowas, La semilla del diablo

In January, 2004 born a dream called THE EYES with a few ideas and a few very clear and marked way. From the beginning, Wero and Edgar (predecessors of the group) prepare to look for people ready to fulfill the above mentioned goals. In view of this step and after several concerts with very good reception with bands like Walls Of Jericho, Suffocation, Gorefest or High On Fire, they arrange in August of the same year to record his first LP (Pursuing The Misfortune), of which they obtain very good critiques after his tour along Europe and you change others for Spain. Immediately after this success, the idea arises, together with "La Semilla Del Diablo", of editing 7 " of versions of METALLICA and BLACK SABBATH. I agree after concert and after suffering some changes of formation, THE EYES stands firm at the end of 2007 to record what will be his second LP. It is at the time when the band suffers a strong blow on having remained without singer and battery, and one sees forced to stop his projection up to finding the persons mas indicated.

Re-arising from his ashes, in August, 2008 it begins the recording of what will be the new disc. Wero and Edgar (guitars), (bass) Christian, Michael (battery) and Jordi (vocals) give form to "INSIGNIS", which sees the light at the end of May, 2009 with KAIOWAS's unconditional support RECORDS (Roadrunner records Spain). There has come the hour of spending hundreds of hours in the van travelling, of giving everything in the concerts, and of presenting to the whole world what is The Eyes: INSIGNIS. Soon The Eyes will act in the Sonisphere of Barcelona together with Metallica, Machine Head, Slipknot, Lamb Of God between others and in other summers fests, DO NOT GET LOST THEM!!!!!

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The Eyes - 666 7" (2007)
The Eyes - Pursuing The Misfortune (2005)

10/28/09

Human Side - I Hope The Exit Is Joyful (2009)


01. Own Life
02. My Rifle
03. To Limit Mind
04. A Keep Thinking
05.Symbolic Value



Country: France
Genre: Posthardcore, Screamo, Noise Rock.
Label: KDN

Après neuf ans d'existence et un seul maxi au compteur, voici que les Human Side débarquent tranquillement avec leur premier album sous le bras. Lapse, neuf titres de post-hardcore métallique doublé de quelques plans noise-rock qui font des ravages, le tout soigneusement emballé dans un digipack élégant, une plage CD-Rom (bien sympatique avec clip, images et autres bonus), un artwork qui ne suggère rien de très gai, mais un propos parfaitement maîtrisé, patiemment orchestré. Pour aiguiller l'auditeur, on dira que Human Side se situe à la convergence des influences d'un Botch qui aurait passé une soirée avec Unsane, pendant que Condense attendait dans la voiture.

Gros son métallique à la Breach, le groupe est d'une minutie extrême, affinant son alliage musical en le parsemant de nombreux petits détails qui font toute l'efficacité de l'ensemble. Hardcore chaotique mais parfaitement structuré, metal sulfurique, noise-rock oppressant, samples finement distillés, chant ou spoken word relativement en retrait, quelques interludes post-classiques au piano et violoncelle ("On high in blue tomorrows"), Human Side maîtrise le sujet et plus que ça, à des choses à dire. Un chant délibérement étouffé, à l'image de la pochette de Lapse, une poigne de fer qui cherche à entraver les mouvements d'une victime effrayée, accentuant sa pression physique sur un mental qui ne demande plus qu'à se laisser aller à céder aux faiblesses d'une âme trop longtemps torturée. Une lutte pour la survie, un duel à mort entre l'oppresseur et l'oppressé qui se traduit par un déferlement de violence, de coups portés pour mettre hors d'état de nuire l'adversaire. Chez Human Side, la douleur est insidieuse, la souffrance latente mais ne demande qu'à remonter à la surface pour éclater au grand jour ("I try to follow", "Imposing noise"). On pense variablement à Envy, Draft ou Will Haven mais le groupe parvient à se faire une petite place de choix en distillant une musique toute en rupture, tendue, lourde, écorchée vive mais qui prend le temps de varier ses ambiances. Sauvage et mesuré, mais toujours ouvragé avec un savoir-faire qui ne se dément pas, un disque aux deux visages...

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10/27/09

Rolo Tomassi - Hysterics

1. Oh, Hello Ghost
2. I Love Turbulance
3. Fofteen
4. Abraxas
5. An Apology to the World
6. Nine
7. Macabre Charade
8. Trojan Measures
9. Everything Went Grey
10. Scabs
11. Fantastia

Year: 2008
Country: UK
Genre: noisecore, mathcore
Label: Hassle Records

Imaginen que son una joven banda inglesa -de Sheffield, para más señas- que gusta de revolver guitarras y sintetizadores definiendo un marco estético propio que tiene tanto que ver con el post-hardcore abrasa-laringes de The Locust o los primeros The Blood Brothers como con el mathcore de Botch o Dillinger Escape Plan, el casiocore de Trencher, o las progresiones ácidas y expansivas de unos The Mars Volta lanzados al desvarío instrumental. A la hora de elegir sujeto para que les produzca su segundo disco, ¿por quién optarían? Si fueran Rolo Tomassi elegirían a... ¿Diplo?

El quinteto de Sheffield han decidido viajar a la ciudad de Los Angeles para grabar la continuación de su celebrado Hysterics (Hassle, 08) a las órdenes del capo de Mad Decent, pope de esa otra electrónica de baile que gusta de atusarse los bajos frente al espejo del ritmo altermundista. Redoblando nuestra sorpresa, parece que fue el propio Diplo quien se aproximó a la banda durante una de sus actuaciones en el pasado SXSW de Texas, declarándose fan de su primer disco y expresando su deseo de trabajar con ellos en el futuro. Dicho y hecho. El disco resultante de esta extraña unión de hecho, aún gestándose estos días, verá la luz el próximo mes de marzo a través de Hassle Records.

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Edelweiss Piraten._.blizna(2009)

01.-kije i butelki 2:31
02.-b0ez komentarza 1:22
03.-inspiracja 1:59
04.-przyjaĖ 1:44
05.-kobieta 3:01
06.-rêce 1:57
07.-uderz mnie 3:18
08.-nie bój siê 1:55
09.-blizna 2:00
10.-technologie 2:47
11.-manekiny 1:56
12.-szczurze klatki 1:46

Genre: Hardcore, Crust.
Year: 2009
Country: Poland

This band from Olsztyn (with personal connections to UTOPIA) is around since quite many years, even released demo CD-R few years ago, but during all this time they had several personal/style changes. Now the line up is stable and they built their own sound - powerful, heavy and driving hardcorepunk with 2 guitars and mixed vocals leaded by strong and angry female voice. You can compare their sound to Tragedy, Wolfbrigade etc., but check mp3 to see its not just another clone neo-crust band.
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10/26/09

La casa fantom._.Ingen Ny Dag (2006)

01.- Stillheten skriker
02.- Uprøvd, uvitende
03.- Sover alene
04.- Hodepine
05.- Meninga med livet
06.- Ingen ny dag
07.- Tomme hjerteslag
08.- Dagdrøm
09.- Kaste den første steinen
10.- Rømmer til skogen


Genre: Crust
Year: 2006
Country: Norway
Label: sm-musik

La casa Fantom is a two piece orchestra from the forest outside of Oslo in Norway. The band consist of Lars on drums and Bård on bass, both sing or at least trying to. Our band was formed in 2000 with a cheap crappy drumkit and a bass with selfmade distortion effects. Our name comes from a do it yourself wine kit which gives you 20 liter of redwine in 24 hours. It was just like our music, fast&dirty with a lot of nerves.We have been playing for 8 years now and had our first concert at Blitz in Oslo. We recorded our first demo in the livingroom of our collective in the forest, where we both lived for a time and Lars still lives. The album was made in two days with a kiddy drumkit and a 4-track tapemachine.

Then we upgraded a bit and recorded “Serum” in the same living room.Due to small space and our roommates not so happy about us rehearsing two times a week in the living room, we built our own studio "Iskremboden" in the winter 2002. Since then we have recorded and released three 7” ("Leter I mørket", "Familien" and "Cut") and three 12” ("La casa Fantom", "Ingen ny dag" and "Fredløs"), on our label “Iskrem Plater”. We also make festivals and have bands play concerts in Iskremboden. During these years we have had the luck of touring in 20 countries until now. We feel very lucky to be able to travel around like this and have made many friends that we still come back too see and that also visit us. We feel that this is one of the greatest things about touring in our scene.

There is no border between the bands and the audience and we share a lot of opinions about our lives and the envirement around us.Our music is difficult to describe, it has its roots in punk and hardcore but we have always been fans of taking from all the music we like and mix it in. Borders exists also in music and we always want to breake them. When we play live we like to give everything that the music expresses: the intensity, the aggression and the emotions.

10/25/09

By Request: Oak & Bone, & Gulag

The Black Heart Procession - Six

01 When You Finish Me
02 Wasteland
03 Witching Stone
04 Rats
05 Heaven and Hell
06 Drugs
07 All My Steps
08 Forget My Heart
09 Liar's Ink
10 Suicide
11 Back to the Underground
12 Last Chance
13 Iri Sulu


Year: 2009
Country: USA
Genre: Indie rock
Label: Temporary Residence Ltd.

Esta banda estadounidense nace en San Diego, producto de dos corazones destrozados que continúan sangrando hasta el día de hoy, entregándonos con ello, buena música, buenas letras y sobre todo, generando el ambiente de nostalgia y melancolía, tal como si miráramos a través de una ventana en un día lluvioso.

En 1997, dos de los integrantes de “Three Mile Pilot”, Pall Jenkins (voz y guitarra) y Tobias Nathaniel (normalmente teclados, pianos y órganos), cayeron en una profunda depresión luego que sus dos novias respectivas los dejaran. Ambos (que además compartían casa) decidieron tomar un receso y dejar el grupo para formar un proyecto paralelo donde darían rienda suelta a todo su dolor, heridas y la violencia que este suceso habìa desencadenado en sus vidas. El nombre que eligieron para este proyecto fue “The Black Heart Processión” (uno de los nombres a mi gusto más sugerentes de un grupo musical: La Procesión del Corazón Negro). Luego se unieron al grupo Joe Plummer (batería) y Dimitri Dziensuwski. Más adelante, tocarían en las presentaciones en vivo músicos invitados, escondidos generalmente al igual que el grupo, bajo mascaras o tras una pantalla en blanco y negro.

Cuando en 1998 salió el primer disco titulado simplemente “One” en Cargo/Headhunter, con Jen Wood como artista invitada, ya comenzaba a notarse que el proyecto tenia vida propia. Un sonido nuevo, rock primitivo, casi gótico, tosco, con el dolor, la melancolía y porque no decirlo, el melodramatismo en los 10 tracks que componen el disco.


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10/24/09

Marasme - EP (2008)



01. Waves (8:05)
02. Firebreather (6:12)
03. Maze (8:58)





Country: Spain
Genre: Sludge, Post Metal.
Label: DIY

1-Extremely slimness or weakening of human body.

2-Moral or phisical hanging, motionless.

Something athmospheric. Something chaotic, obsessive, melancholic. Claustrophobic and free: something dark, complex, painful. Marasme was born in January of 2008 when five twisted minds joined together to make something different: Jeroni (vocals; ex-Strangled), Tomeu (guitar; TeCorrs, ex-Venus Inferna), Manuel (guitar; ex-Stones From The Sky), Jaume (bass; ex-Dogma) and David (drums; ex-Dogma).

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Marasme - EP (2008)

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10/23/09

Decurs

A Barcelona and two charros, one of this and another across the Atlantic in 2006 gave way to this power-trio called Decurseable. They defined as "absurd extreme pop and disorderly" what is really a very peculiar way of understanding the closest to punk hardcore. Frantic pace, crazy lyrics and technical capacity hard to find in many other bands of the genre, often err on the side of attitude and aptitude deficit.

Decurs starts with the idea of not having any idea at all. As time goes by they find themselves playing with the only intention of almost not being capable to play what they're playing. Simple and complicated, that may be the idea. In March 2006 they record themselves a 6 song demo in cassette that they give to anyone that appears to be their friend, many refuse, some still keep it packaged. Determined to ruin their friend's lifes, later that year, they decide to record 4 songs in the Blaxound Studios and release them in vinyl in 2007 with help from themselves and their friends "Ojalä me muera recoords" (I wish I die) under the obvious title of "Sietepulgares" (Seveninches).

Today, major achievements of the band are: getting bad words from major music magazines, losing money and friends, meeting Valina and telling them they copied some part from St Petersburg Me Cannibal, and having many good times. Not bad yet.

Country: Spain
Genre: Pop, Punk.
Label: Trastienda, Ojalä Me Muera
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Decurs - Siete Pulgares 7"

10/21/09

Iskra - Bureval (2009)


Second full-lenght for those canadian punx. Ripping, fast and brutal black metal influenced by the Norse school (Immortal above all) mixed with crust hints a-là State of Fear. Lyrics are brutally ultrapolitical but no-cliché.




Country: Canada
Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal, Crust.
Label: Black Raven Records.
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Iskra - Bureval (2009)

10/20/09

Horda Bastarda - Old Skull (2004)

Debut de este grupo formados por veteranos miembros de otros destacados grupos de la escena hardcore madrileña como Versvs, Like Peter at Home, Kausa de Alarma o Moho. Desde luego que este Old Skull es una vuelta al hardcore punk de toda la vida, canciones de un minuto o poco más, rápidas, rabiosas, directas, al más puro estilo de lo que era el hardcore en los ochenta, al estilo Black Flag, Minor Trheat, etc.

16 canciones en poco más de 20 minutos dando buena cuenta de un estilo, bastante explotado, pero no por ello menos atractivo para mi, personalmente me encantan las canciones de un minuto, a toda leche, con letras de cierto contenido político y social. Donde los temas siguen un esquema de hardcore clásico algunos con toques más rockeros, otros suenan mucho más punks y con algunas canciones a medio tempo como En el mismo sitio . También destacan temas como La Voz del Odio, Decisión, Nada por Nada, Virus Punk (cuyos coros tienen un cierto aire grind) o Vuelta al 93 que es un homenaje a los primeros grupos de hardcore en Madrid que surgieron en torno a esa fecha.-Faster & Louder-

Country: Spain.
Genre: Hardcore.
Label: Potencial Hardcore.
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10/19/09

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10/18/09

The Constellation Branch - The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass... (2009)

The Constellation Branch is a four-piece out of Phoenix, Arizona that has put together a unique 11 track CD that can be compared mewithoutYou, Radiohead andSunny Day Real Estate. I found it hard to compare TCB to another band because they stand-out a lot in this genre and sound different than anything I have listened to. Musically this album is put together well and has a very distinctive sound.

They involve a lot of depth into each song lyrically and musically – they know how to bring each song to an epic climax with an eccentric vibe.While listening to TCB you almost need to listen with a set headphones or with a top quality sound system because there are so many intricate layers. The way they blend all the different parts together – the lone voice of Jordan or the guitars, piano, keys, bass, drums or violin – all make for a unique, indistinguishable sound.The CD is titled The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass. The album title is referring to three things – the dream life which is what we are hoping for, the real life which includes corporations, greed, and how the world really is, and the empty glass which is us, and what we choose to fill ourselves with.

This is one of the things I admire most about this band – the deep philosophy behind the lyrics and emotions of their music.In order for me to fully understand the emotions, lyrics and back story behind this album, I had to do quite a bit of research – when I discovered the story behind it all, it was touching. The song titled “The False Awakening PTIII: Poisoned Apple” is a song that features the voice of an older German lady which almost sounds like it is dubbed from an old movie or something. In actuality the voice belongs to one of the band member’s (Bryce) Grandma. He recorded her story two years ago when she was talking about the war. Her family was an anti-Nazi family and she told Bryce some incredible stories about how they always made it through as a family together. In another song “The Real Life (American Earth)” they sing about the possessions and raw human emotions of the world, “We are the sky scrapers! We are the cash makers! We are better than you!” Lyrically this is one of the most moving and profound pieces of work I have come across.If you want to hear a new sound of talented indie/rock band with a deep philosophical message behind the lyrics, I highly recommend The Constellation Branch’s CD titled The Dream Life, The Real Life, The Empty Glass. -IndieVisionMusic-

Country: USA
Genre: Indie, Progressive Rock, Rock.
Label: DIY.
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10/17/09

Ashes and Iron - Silens - (2008)



01. Black Pavillions
02. Khorkoi
03. Silens





Year: 2008
Country: USA
Genre: Doom, Sludge

Brutales, directos, desagarradores. Ritmazos tremendamente pesados y ambientes muy logrados y elaborados. Kenny Snarzyk, su cantante, austa con esa voz tan acojonante. Estos chicos de St. Louis (Missouri) se han marcado una demo atronadora, flipante y enloquecedora para tus oídos. Pueden compararse perfectamente con Cult of Luna o Isis, pero mejor, dejar las comparaciones atrás y escucharlos. Grupo con muchísimo futuro y a tener muy muy en cuenta. Album recomendadísimo.

davidgore - Reigns Of Chaos -

Ashes and Iron - Silens - (2008)

Flood - Native - (2009)



1.Aphelion
2.Dam
3.Atlantis
4.Water




Year: 2009
Country: USA
Genre: Doom, Stoner
Label: Meteor City

Discazo desde el primer acorde al último. Native es denso, machacante, armonioso, experimental, etc… Flood logran con cuatro temas de puro Doom y el stoner más sucio, un discazo genuino. Un disco lleno de largas duraciones y atmósferas extraortdinarias. Esplendido, cojonudo para levantar el ánimo y que seguro, no te defraudará.

davidgore -Reigns Of Chaos -

Flood - Native - (2009)
Flood myspace

10/16/09

Ideological fight - The freedom is worth fighting for (2008)

01 - Кто
02 - Будущее в прошлом
03 - Go, Alkoеблан
04 - Нет смысла
05 - Он
06 - Секта
07 - Прав не будет
08 - Камера хранения
09 - Qui non ipprobat-approbat
10 - Кабы не было фашни

Genre: Anarcho-punk
Year: 2008
Country: Russian
Label: i dont know

Группа Ideological Fight образовалась в 2008 году в целях создания совместного музыкального творчества, как средства выражения своих взглядов и метода противостояния современным хозяевам мира, их структурам, а также быдлу, NS-бонью и прочему скаму. Всё в том же 2008 году был выпущен первый альбом «The freedom is worth fighting for». Сейчас наш коллектив работает над новым материалом.

Участники группы придерживаются идей анархизма, тотальной солидарности, жаждут свободы и равенства для всех. Существующий строй мы считаем возмутительно несправедливым и ненавистным, основы капитализма – неэффективными и антигуманными, и выступаем за коренную смену общественных приоритетов.

Questioni personali._.cé chi non ha intenzione di arrendersi!(2008)

01 - Odio
02 - Paura
03 - Autoproduzione
04 - Straight Edge (Minor Threat Cover)
05 - Un Colpo In Testa (Al Tuo Trend)
06 - Tv Control
07 - Questioni Personali
08 - Black Tears (For Nothing)
09 - Santa Ipocrisia
10 - Reagisci

Genre: Hardcore, punk.
Country: Italy
Year: 2008
Label: DIY

Come dicono loro stessi, la loro musica risente di molte influenze derivanti dalle varie sfumature del punk e questo lo si rintraccia facilmente nell'ascolto delle canzoni.
Le voci sono due, una piu' rabbiosa e in certi passi vicina al growl e l'altra piu' scandita e precisa.
L'album, dal titolo C'e' Chi Non Ha Intenzione Di Arrendersi, contiene 10 canzoni, tra queste alcune cantate in inglese, per una durata complessiva di poco inferiore ai 20 minuti. La registrazione, fatta grazie agli sforzi della chitarrista, e' piu' che sufficiente e, secondo me, la scelta delle citazioni cinematografiche sparse tra le canzoni e' molto azzeccata.
Senza perdere altro tempo andiamo dritti a parlare del primo pezzo "Odio", manifesto di disprezzo per l'ideologia fascista e nello specifico per il movimento hate-edge, ovvero i soliti fascisti che storpiano ideali e valori a proprio vantaggio. Il pezzo scorre via velocemente ritmato dal ritornello nel quale si alternano le due voci.
"Paura" e' la traccia seguente, tratta un tema che e' sempre all'ordine del giorno ovvero la repressione di stato e a violenza delle istituzioni. Le parole scorrono veloci nel giro di un minuto, il finale e' riempito dai cori che terminano con una serie di schiamazzi spensierati.
"Autoproduzione" e' un vero e proprio inno della pratica diy e delle sue numerose sfaccettature, a mio modo di vedere uno dei pezzi piu' riusciti dell'album sia per testo che per arrangiamento musicale. Mi ritrovo nella frase finale del pezzo "La musica puo' essere strumento di dissenso, usala per esprimere la tua rabbia, fanzine, dischi, volantini, tutto puo' essere autoprodotto fuori dalle leggi di mercato". La quarta canzone e' una cover dei Minor Threat, e nello specifico "Straight Edge", oserei dire una pietra miliare del genere.
Il cantato in inglese e' comprensibile, nel complesso l'approccio al pezzo risulta convincente e ci riporta idealmente ad una Washington dei primi anni '80. I Questioni Personali sono fieri di ribadire di aver scelto "la retta via".
Amanti del metalcore, orgogliosi fan di gruppi come Caliban e Killswitch Engage...preparatevi ad una critica che non la manda certo a dire!
Parlo di "Un colpo in testa (al tuo trend)", quinta canzone che, in un minuto circa, esprime tutto il rabbioso disappunto verso il filone musicale descritto poco sopra. Non c'e' spazio per mezzi termini, il metalcore rientra tra i nemici dei Questioni Personali , esso va eliminato senza pensarci su troppo. Il pezzo si conclude con un emblematico colpo di pistola.
In "Tv control", il cui breve testo e' in inglese, viene trattato un tema portante della cultura straight edge ovvero il ruolo nefasto ricoperto dai mass media. In poco piu' di un minuto ascoltiamo una rabbiosa denuncia degli effetti della televisione, concetto riassunto nel ritornello "Tv control, Mental Control".

La settima traccia "Questioni personali" e' un'altra critica diretta e genuina, stavolta ad esserne bersaglio sono tutti coloro i quali, all'interno del mondo della musica, parlano solo per il gusto di parlare senza aggiungere qualcosa di personale, senza passione sincera. Ancora una volta la rabbia dei Questioni Personali torna a farsi sentire con la solita grinta.
"Black tears (for nothing)" e' un'aspra critica, cantata in inglese, diretta a tutto il fenomeno modaiolo connesso al punk, anche stavolta la rabbia del gruppo si condensa nel giro di un minuto e partono parole di fuoco.
Mi unisco alla loro critica ma mi sento di dire la mia, secondo me l'abito non fa il monaco...quindi che siano toppe o spillette non e' importante, consideriamo le persone senza preconcetti estetici, passo e chiudo. Cerchiamo di rendere, almeno il punk, libero da categorie e stereotipi.
Ci avviciniamo ai pezzi finale dell'album, parliamo del penultimo "Santa ipocrisia" che racchiude il disprezzo verso il mondo clericale e i relativi atteggiamenti inqualificabili dei suoi esponenti, un amen urlato dal profondo chiude il pezzo.
Ed eccoci arrivati all'ultimo pezzo "Reagisci", unica traccia che supera i tre minuti. Le parole di questa canzone mi lasciano alquanto interdetto, da un lato c'e' un chiaro invito a reagire e a combattere, dall'altro ci si rifugia in posizioni attendiste e rinunciatarie "La tranquillita' si trova col tempo un giorno tu riavrai cio' che ti e' stato tolto non e' sempre detto che devi soffrire". Inoltre "Chi non capisce non merita attenzione, chi non capisce provoca dolore" ...ecco, anche qui non riesco molto a farmi convinto del messaggio che vogliono esprimere, mi sembra altamente limitativo..-o forse solo detto malamente.
E' il momento di trarre delle conclusioni: non metto in dubbio la genuinita' dei contenuti espressa dai Questioni Personali nonche' la difficolta', mi rendo conto, a far uscire un album in maniera diy, cosa che comporta sicuramente sacrifici degni di rispetto.
Riguardo ai testi, ma anche alle scelte musicali non sempre originali e coinvolgenti, credo sia solo un fattore di maturita', in sostanza penso che andando avanti troverete sicuramente una modalita' espressiva piu' efficace.

10/15/09

VA - Clone: Play Slow, Die Fast Vol. 1


01. Salome -blueprint (Fugazi)
02. The Austrasian Goat - Mask (Bauhaus)
03. Atavist - Mindless (Infest)
04. Coffins - Ebony tears (Cathedral)
05. Monarch - A look at tomorrow (Discharge)
06. La Cuenta - It's in my Blood ! (Bl'ast)
07. Fistula - Dead in a ditch ( D.R.I)
08. HC Minds - Black Machine (Cirith Ungol)


GENRE: Doom, Death, Sludge.
LABEL:Blind Date

"Clone: Play Fast. Die Slow (Vol. 1) LP is the first in a series of 4 volumes.

Die Fast
A collection of sludge bands doing cover songs by Fugazi, Bauhaus, Infest, Cathedral, Discharge, Bl'ast, D.R.I. and Cirth Ungol."


10/14/09

In The Shit - Demo (2009)

Brought together by a hatred for everything, and a love of grind. In The Shit formed in an East Boston basement.

We play fast.
We play sloppy.
We're like a Flashback to your virginity, you're lucky if you get 10 minutes.
Exmembers of Throwing Shrapnel, ThousandsWillDie, Holy Fuck, Betrayed by All, 26 Beers, etc...


Country: USA
Genre: Grindcore, Powerviolence.
Label: DIY.
In The Shit´s MySpace
In The Shit - Demo (2009)

(By request of the band)

10/13/09

Notes To Myself - Waking with the Wolves (2009)

Su espacio natural es el postrock, más que el indyrock como ellos se autoclasifican. A pesar de ser un grupo especialmente joven, Notes to Myself, con base en la ciudad de Málaga, han encontrado su lugar en la expresión musical. Son creadores de atmósferas densas, cadenciosas, reiterativas, con fuerza y oscuridad. Plantean una formación de cuatro miembros, con guitarras, teclados, bajo y batería, una apuesta por temas casi intrumentales, donde la voz es un acompañamiento de la densidad sonora de las guitarras y los ritmos imparables. La

voz principal es casi una segunda voz, lo que otorga una muy especial forma de expresarse a estos chicos que tienen muy claro el concepto. La realidad es que a pesar de su juventud ya han estado en algunos de los escenarios más importantes para el postro y la múmúsica más allá de los convenonalismos, como e el ya desaparecido AV Festival, e incluso han compartido escena con grandes del rock mádensnso de este país, como StandStl, Aina y y rcroroma. Sus comompañías internaciones han sido grupos como Mogwai,ortoisis Hood y y e CaCapol lity Clultersr lo que e desde luego, imprime carácter. Notes to Myse h cen tetemas largos pero te llegan a lo más profundo. Te dejas llevar por caminos envolventes. Brillantes de estrellas, a veces, y grises de espesas nieblas.-Indyrock-

Country: Spain
Genre: Post Rock, Indie.
Label: Astoria Records.
Notes To Myself´s MySpace
Buy it.
Notes To Myself - Waking with the Wolves (2009)
Notes To Myself Notes To Myself (2008)

10/12/09

White Mice - Ganjahovahdose (2009)

Pun obsessed, toilet-humored, ill-tongued, rodent masked wackos? A weed-fueled, grinding sludge, noise-damaged, brutally supersonic trio? Demented cheese lovers with a queef against God? Yeah the WHITE MICE from Providence, Rhode Island are all those things and more. Too fucked up and unconventional for the average metalhead, too stoned, sleazy and salacious for the hipster and punk set, the WHITE MICE have for years existed on the fringes of every underground scene and belonged to none of em. After condemning the Earth with 5 albums and a deluge of other releases on labels like Load Records and Blossoming Noise, WHITE MICE are now set to defile the world once more in collaboration with 20 Buck Spin.

Their 6th LP, Ganjahovahdose, is the crowning drool in the band's discography, with the most stunning, searing, heavy, and beautiful sound they've achieved yet, thanks in part to the massive mixing job of one Ken “HiWatt” Marshall (Skinny Puppy). Musically speaking one might hear traces of Godflesh, Brainbombs, or Buzzoven, even Flipper and some of their Providence brethren, yet they stand easily apart from any proper comparison, remaining a savage beast of their own making. The band's live show is devastatingly loud, crude and visually incredible leaving mouths agape and the uninitiated properly converted, every time.

A cursory Youtube search will reveal the sinister aesthetic the WHITE MICE inhabit. Further mission plans include lo-fi video productions and relentless touring in the US and Europe. A completely unhealthy revisionist compulsion to alter page after page of history, obscure religious texts and images with their own PUNishingly scatological mockery of all things permeates the perverse Dadaist artwork contained within the album’s pages. The totality of the WHITE MICE vision on Ganjahovahdose stands as a testament in praise of lord Cheesus for bestowing this deadly and volatile molotov concoction of music, art, visuals, irreverence and words onto on an unsuspecting and dangerously unprepared public.

Country: USA
Genre: Noise Rock, Sludge, Experimental
Label: Load Records, Blossomingnoise, 20 Buckspin.
White Mice´s MySpace
Buy it. CD/LP
White Mice - Ganjahovahdose (2009) (Removed by request)

10/10/09

Descender - S/T EP (2009)


01. Breaking
02. Spit & Stare
03. Build Them Destroy
04. Crooked Teeth
05. From All Sides

06. In Due Time


Country:
USA
Genre: Metal, Hardcore, Post Hardcore
Label: DIY

Brooklyn-based outfit Descender are one of the premier hardcore bands ripping its way onto the at times boring NYC scene. The dudes don’t fuck around with any trend bullshit. Its Self-Titled, self-released debut is core at its finest. Think equal parts Unbroken, Snapcase and Quicksand. The band’s performance at Chronic Youth’s recent Shai Hulud show at Santos Party House certainly should have humbled most of the following bands. This is heartfelt, authentic shit. Look out for these dudes as they crush their way to the forefront. -Chronic Youth, NYC -


Descender´s MySpace
Descender´s Facebook
Buy it.
Descender - S/T EP (2009)

(By request of the band)

10/9/09

Tigon - Proud Americans 7'' (2009)



01. Proud Americans
02. Monarch
03. TeenageBlackhole





Country: USA
Genre: Mathcore, Noise Rock.
Label: DIY

Awhile back these guys passed along their debut EP to me and ended up liking what I heard from them. It sort of reminded me of Botch, Deadguy, and the likes in a few ways. Back when that sort of thing was listenable. If there was one criticism to be had, it was maybe a bit too busy with each song being crammed full of time changes, etc. However, the band recently sent me copy of their follow up single and the three songs here sound like a band refining that sound a bit more and cutting away some of the excess fat that seemed to jumble up the songs a bit too much for their own good. All the while, the songs here sound just as heated as the material that I heard previously, which is certainly a good thing. In the end, I am digging on what these guys have to offer. -builtonaweakspot-

Tigon´s MySpace
Buy it.
Tigon - Proud Americans 7'' (2009)
Tigon - Tigon (2008)